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Thursday, May 19, 2016

The story of Shri Ram‘s life was
first narrated by Maharishi Valmiki in the ‘Ramayan’ wherein he has made
sequential astronomical references on important dates related to the life of
Shri Ram. By entering the precise details of these planetary configurations
using the software named ‘Planetarium Gold’ corresponding exact dates of these
events can be known.

Date of Birth of Lord Ram -

In
Baal Kand (1/18/8-10) it has been stated that Shri Ram was born on 9th tithi of
Chaitra month during day time when the position of different planets vis-à-vis
zodiac constellations and nakshatras
was as under:

Amazing!
See the sky view below shows exactly similar location of planets, stars and
zodiac constellations on the 10th of January in the year 5114 BC if viewed from
latitude/longitude of Ayodhya (25°N 81°E). By making use of software to convert
solar calendar into lunar calendar, it was found that this date also happened
to be the 9th day of Shukla Paksha in ‘Chaitra’ month and the time was around
12 to 1 noontime. This is exactly the time and date when Ramnavmi is celebrated
all over India till date.

Date ofExile
ofShri Ram

In
Valmiki Ramayan it is mentioned in Ayodhya Kaand (2/4/18) that Dashratha wanted
to make Shri Ram the king because Sun, Mars and Rahu had surrounded his
nakshatra and normally under such planetary positions the king dies or becomes
a victim of conspiracies. Zodiac sign of king Dashratha was Pisces and his
nakshatra was Rewati. This planetary position was prevailing on the 5th of
January 5089 BC and it was on this day that Shri Ram had to leave Ayodhya for
14 years. Thus he was 25 years old at that time (5114-5089) and there are
several shlokas in Valmiki Ramayan which indicate that Shri Ram was 25 years
old when he left Ayodhya for his 14 years of exile.

Solar Eclipse during
War with Khar-Dushan

Ramayan
refers to the solar eclipse at the time of war with Khar-Dushan in later half
of 13th year of Shri Ram’s stay in the forests. Valmiki has also mentioned that
it was Amavasya day and planet Mars was in the middle. When this data was
entered, the sky view generated by Planetarium software indicated that there
was a solar eclipse on 7th October, 5077 BC which could be seen from Panchvati
(20° N; 73° E) On that date planetary configuration was the same as has been
described by Valmiki i.e. Mars was in the middle; on one side were Mercury,
Venus and Jupiter and on the other side were Sun, Moon and Saturn. (Fig. 2).

Other Eclipses
mentioned in Ramayan

In
Kishkindha kaand there is a reference to solar eclipse (4/15/3) on the day Bali
was killed. Software shows a solar eclipse on 3rd April 5076 BC which was the
only solar eclipse during the entire year.

Thus
the planetary references in Valmiki Ramayan correspond to actual sky seen from
the given places around 5100 BC in the same sequence as narrated. The way in
which archaeological, paleobotanical, genetic, oceanographic, geological,
ecological and remote sensing research reports corroborate the astronomical
dates is amazing! These details will also be shared through our upcoming
website, bhootkaal.com.

Lessons from the life
of Lord Ram

The
story of Shri Ram, when appreciated in its true perspective, would emerge as
the biggest unifying factor for India. He remains unparalleled as an ideal son,
an ideal brother, an ideal warrior and an ideal king; that is why he is
described as Maryada Purushottam Ram!

He
was a nationalist par excellence who left his kingdom to help the small kings
located all over India to save their kingdoms from being usurped by wicked King
Ravana of Sri Lanka and his relatives and devils like Khar, Dushan, Trishira
and Maarich representing him in India.

Shri
Ram moved from place to place to spread the message of unity by showing very
high level of respect for the people from backward tribes and those considered
untouchable. He embraced Guh Nishad who belonged to Kol tribe, considered to be
a lower caste; he gave a strong message against untouchability by eating with
great affection jootha berries of Bhilni (Shabri) of Bhil tribe. He sent his
wife and children to be brought up and educated by Maharishi Valmiki who is
stated to be Shudra but was a great scholar in the ancient world.

Shri
Ram tried and succeeded in establishing victory of good over evil. He helped
rishis and munis in living a life of honor. He got the kingdoms of small noble
kings restored to them and acted as the biggest unifying factor. He set the
finest example of a welfare state, in which the supreme duty of the king is
working for the well being and happiness of masses.

We
all need to strive to establish Ram Rajya in India for rich and poor of all
communities and castes!

Ramsetu is a natural
chain of islands, hills, shoals, submerged in Palk Strait from Dhanushkoti to
Talaimannar, in which certain gaps have been filled up, indicating the contribution
of human hand. One of the two surviving fillings can be seen in the picture
revealing well defined boundaries and stone fillings. During visit to
Rameshwaram, I got an extra-ordinary opportunity to observe the depth at which
a part of Ramsethu was found submerged under the sea which measured 9.5 feet (about
3 meters) on the fisherman’s oar.

Fig. 8: Boundaries looking
like ropes & the fillings in between

Ram’s Bridge – references
in Ramayan

In
Yuddh Kand, sarg 22 (shlokas 45-73) Valmiki has given graphic details of Lord
Ram carrying out research and exploration to identify a suitable location for
construction of the bridge. After identifying the location, he requested
Sugriva to search for an expert Shilpakar who could construct such a bridge.
Sugriva recommended the name of Nal, a famous shilpakar, who had the expertise
similar to that of Vishwakarma in constructing the bridge. Accordingly Nal was
called; he concurred that bridge could indeed to constructed at the location
identified by Shri Ram. The construction of this bridge was completed under the
supervision of Nal in five days by filling up of the gaps in the existing
natural chain of land route consisting of islands, rocks and shoals
(6/22/68-73).

The armymen of Lord Ram utilized
various tools and implements for uprooting trees like saal, taar, coconut,
mango, ashoka, arjun, bakul and bilva etc (6/22/47). With the help of various
yantras they transported these stones, trees, creepers, and boulders to the seashore
(2/22/60). Shilpakar Nal directed the armymen to stand with long ropes on
either side and got the bridge constructed in five days by binding such
transported materials together. Even the use of measuring tools has been
described (6/22/65).

Rama's Bridge - its
satellite image and oceanographic evidences:

The
bridge is composed of a series of islands, rocks, and shoals and it is stated
to be 30 kilometers long. It is found exactly at the location narrated in
Valmiki Ramayan. See NASA picture of this Bridge given above.

Sea
level curve prepared by the National Institute of Oceanography, Goa,
corroborates the fact that sea level was about three meters lower around 5100
BC; thus corroborating the fact that in 5100 BC Ramsethu was above the sea
level and could be used as a land route between Rameshwaram and Sri
Lanka. Thus even fluctuations in sea levels corroborate references to
Ramsethu in Ramayan.

Some very Interesting
facts about Ramsethu

All
attempts to create shipping route by completing the Sethu Samudram project have
so far failed. Shri Subramnian Swamy summarized the report dated January 23,
2007 published in the Asian Age stating that “the Dredging Corporation of
India’s (DCI) dredger imported from Holland had broken into two and sunk into
the sea when it began work on the Ram Setu. The DCI crane that went to pick up
the dredger pieces also broke and sank. The Russian engineer consultant who
went to inspect the mishap broke his leg.” As a result all efforts made on
behalf of the Government so far to destroy remains of Ram Setu have failed and
consequently Sethusamudram Shipping Canal could not become a reality.

We
suggest that why not construct a the bridge as several multi-nationals are offering
to construct the bridge under BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) scheme? Can one
imagine the number of people from India who will walk over this reconstructed
Ramsethu every year and the kind of profit the builder as well as Indian and
Sri Lankan Governments would be able to earn! The relations between the two
neighboring countries would drastically improve.